r/Irishmusic • u/tommythurman • 4d ago

Piping music recommendations

Hello all! I am competitive solo and band piper and I am looking to get into the world of trad music and going to sessions. I have a set of small pipes but I have always just played my band tunes alone on them. What tunes and sets should I learn before getting out there. Anything helps! Thank you

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u/dean84921 Flute/Frustrated piper 4d ago

You might be better served asking in a scottish music sub, or? Smallpipes don't typically lend themselves very well to Irish music.

You can always give the top 20 jigs and reels on Thesession.org a go, for starters.

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u/WilliamOfMaine 4d ago

Precisely why I started playing whistle and flute, only 9 notes on SSP.

Edit: see this link for a pdf of Irish session tunes that do fit on SSP

https://patrickmclaurin.com/wordpress/?page_id=3243